Climbing Holds

Mark Holton: Ivy League School Offers Tree Climbing Class
We are not simply climbing hand over hand into trees and swinging around in the breeze. We use harnesses, helmets, ropes, carabiners and ascenders. Think "arborist" without the chainsaws.

Climbing the walls
For 31 years, Dario Cova has ascended the highest cliffs as a fly would crawl up a wall.

Texas - Team Notes
Pinpointing exactly where to place the most blame on the disappointing free-fall Texas experienced after climbing to No. 1 in the polls can be maddening.

Just back from: Tanzania
Paul Padia and Alexandra Echery, San Francisco We went because: We were celebrating 40 years on Earth, and I guess we had something to prove by trying to climb Kilimanjaro. We met with success. Don't miss: Climbing to the top. It's not as hard as you think... Mount Kilimanjaro - Africa - Tanzania - Jessica Biel - Summit

Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference-Around the Big 12

Pettit: Roby's top orator speaks of truth, fiction and a bilingual rooster
ROBY - Sometimes Bob Terry tells the truth but, when he does, it doesn't do a lot of damage to his stories. That's partially because some of the things he's actually done are more remarkable than the ones that bubble over from his ever-boiling imagination.

The US-Mexico border: where the drugs war has soaked the ground blood red
The border between Mexico and the United States is chaotically reverting to historical type, the place of horror it was for most of the 19th and 20th centuries. Nearly 19,000 people in Mexico have been slaughtered in drug violence since 2006, the year the conservative Felipe Calderon was elected president and began deploying some 50,000 troops and federal police in support of the US-convened ...

Islander sees Hindu, Buddhist cultures up close
Island businessman Armin Cantini visited Nepal and Tibet for cultural reasons. It was an opportunity to glimpse Hindu and Buddhist cultures in these ancient settings.

Driven up the wall
Most people look at the bridge on Main Street Extension and see a way across. Pete Grande sees a way up. An avid rock and ice climber who regularly travels to New Hampshire to feed his passion, Grande has been known to tackle the rock face of the downtown bridge abutment on occasions when he can’t get away to find something else to climb.

Furyk Takes Over Lead in Transitions Championship
While second-round leader Padraig Harrington faltered with a 1-over-par 72, Jim Furyk fired a 4-under 67 Saturday to take took over the top spot in the Transitions Championship.